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Question 31
jamb 2018

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined. For all he cared: the game was as good as lost

AHe did not care if the game as lost
BHe could not care less if the game was lost
CHe was almost certain that the game would be lost
DHe was afraid the game would be lost
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Question 32
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap.

If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get __________

Aloose
Blose
Cloosed
Dloosing
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Question 33
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap. While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief made __________ with the collection

Aaway
Bup
Cby
Dthrough
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Question 34
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap. The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn't make __________ what it meant

Aup
Bout
Coff
Dthrough
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Question 35
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap.  I was seriously disappointed when the __________ between the two teams ended in a goalless draw

 

Amarch
Bmarsh
Cmatch
Dmartch
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Question 36
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap. Mrs. Okoro __________ in this school since 1975

Ataught
Bhas been teaching
Cwas teaching
Dis teaching
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Question 37
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap. Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a __________ of him

Aglimpse
Blook
Cview
Dpicture
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Question 38
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap. The chairman refused to shake __________ with the secretary

Ahand
Bhis hand
Chands
Dhis hands
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Question 39
jamb 2018

After so many trials, the experiment __________

Apaid up
Bpaid for
Cpaid out
Dpaid off
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Question 40
jamb 2018

Choose the option that best completes the gap, I'll find time for my _________ when I get _________with this difficult assignment.

Apast-time/over
Bpass-time/over
Cpasstime/through
Dpastime/through
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Question 41
jamb 2018

Which of the following aptly describes the moral of the story?

Athe sins of the forefathers are visited upon the children no matter how long it takes
Bif you have made up your mind to hang your dog, any rope will do for the purpose
Cthe law is weak in defence of the poor against the rich and mighty
Dno matter how highly placed he is in society, the unmindful lawbreaker will always meet his nemesis.
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Question 42
jamb 2018

The expression angry tone and terrible aspect refers to the wolf’s

Asonorous voice and overbearing attitude
Btowering size and thunderous voice
Cloud voice and fretting movement
Dharsh voice and menacing posture
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Question 43
jamb 2018

The charges levelled against the lamb are

Awandering, insolence and disrespect
Bexuberance, pollution, wickedness and stubbornness
Cgarrulity, loquacity, pride and arrogance
Dpollution, insolence, obstruction and aggression
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Question 44
jamb 2018

The expression 'when this excuse failed him' suggests that the

Awolf only made up the charges levelled against the lamb
Blamb was more intelligent than the wolf
Clamb was prepared for the charges levelled against him
Dwolf was uncertain of the charges levelled against the lamb
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Question 45
jamb 2018

From the way the story ended, it can be concluded that the

Alamb did not survive the encounter
Bwolf and the lamb parted amicably
Cwolf had encountered the lamb's parents
Dlamb offended the wolf quite seriously
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Question 46
jamb 2018

In the passage 'manic pleasure' means

Apleasure
Bchildish pleasure
Cunlimited pleasure
Dhuman pleasure
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Question 47
jamb 2018

The expression 'must kick it and make it collapse' in this context means

Ais forced to kick it and demolish it
Bis obliged to kick it and make it collapse
Ccannot resist the urge to demolish it
Dought to kick it and make it collapse
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Question 48
jamb 2018

How does the author try to explain this ‘destructive stage'?

AIt is the last stage in child development
BThe child wants to displease his parents
CIt grows out of the child's recent experiences of sudden falls
DThe child is just going through a destructive stage
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Question 49
jamb 2018

What other feeling does the child derive from the fall of his tower apart from pleasure?

AStrength
BAnxiety
CPity
DDepression
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Question 50
jamb 2018

According to this passage, it gives the child great pleasure

 

Afor Daddy to see the tower he has built
Bto destroy the tower himself
Cto see his tower accidentally destroyed
Dto be helped to destroy the tower
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